Top 10 Stolen Vehicles; Ford Beats Honda October 15, 2020 Car thieves have a new favorite target: the Ford full-size pickup. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s latest “Hot...
Berkshire Hathaway Sues Law Firm It Says Aided $756 Million M&A Fraud October 15, 2020 By Bob Van Voris A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. claims a top international law firm helped German piping component maker Wilhelm...
Weighing Effects of Treasury’s Ransomware Pay Warnings on Cyber Victims and Insurers October 15, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Recent warnings from the U.S. Treasury about paying ransomware demands are unlikely to substantially change how cyber insurers cover or...
New Guy Carpenter Unit Serves Carriers, MGAs in Program Business Market October 14, 2020 Global reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. has started a new dedicated unit to provide services to insurance carriers and...
Canada’s Intact Rebrands OneBeacon, All North American Specialty Insurance as Intact October 14, 2020 Intact Financial Corp. is bringing together its Canadian and U.S. specialty insurance operations under a single brand: Intact Insurance Specialty...
Beazley’s Keefe Moves to Marsh to Lead Cyber Incident Management Team October 14, 2020 Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Katherine Keefe as U.S. Cyber Incident Management leader. In this newly created role,...
Radiation Near Fracking Sites Poses Potential But Not Extreme Health Risk October 14, 2020 Radiation levels downwind of U.S. hydraulic fracturing drilling sites tend to be significantly higher than background levels, posing a potential...
Twitter Security Failure Prompts Call for Regulating Internet Giants as Systemic Risks October 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Twitter Inc. suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a “simple” hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the...
Supreme Court Will Decide Constitutionality of Patent Appeal Board Appointments October 14, 2020 By Jan Wolfe The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether more than 100 technology disputes must be reheard because judges...
Short-Term Rental Sites Combat Party Houses, Complaints as COVID Shuts Nightclubs October 14, 2020 By Olivia Carville and Jacqueline Davalos When the coronavirus pandemic shut down bars and concert halls in March, a new phenomenon was born: the vacation-rental nightclub....